Following the launch of the Don’t Bore Us website in May of 2017 until its closure in September of 2021, my role at The Brag Media saw me pen a number of articles related to the world of pop punk/emo/indie music, with 188 articles credited to my name on the site.
Below, you’ll find handy links to each of these articles in chronological order.
28/05/2017: Sia Returns with Amy Shark, MØ & Charlie XCX for First Aussie Shows in Six Years
28/05/2017: Hayley Williams Admits She Almost Quit Paramore a Few Years Back
01/07/2017: 30 Seconds To Mars Want Fans To Star In Their New Video Project
08/07/2017: Kesha Has Released Her Comeback Single ‘Praying’
08/07/2017: The All-American Rejects Have Returned With Two New Singles
15/07/2017: My Chemical Romance’s ‘Yo Gabba Gabba!’ Christmas Song Set For Release
26/07/2017: Frank Iero and The Patience Have a New EP On The Way
30/07/2017: Hayley Williams Has Shared an Old, Unreleased Paramore Song
30/07/2017: Brendon Urie Has Stopped Meeting Fans Because They Just Won’t Listen
01/08/2017: Halsey Looks Set To Return To Australia In “Less Than A Year”
03/08/2017: Dashboard Confessional Are Touring Australia In September
05/08/2017: New Politics Announce New Album ‘Lost In Translation’
06/08/2017: SWMRS Are Taking A Stand On The Lack Of Gender Diversity In Music
12/08/2017: Taylor Swift’s Court Case Is Over – Let’s Look At Her Best Comebacks
16/08/2017: Brand New Have Announced A New Record, But It Might Be Their Last
19/08/2017: Check Out Brendon Urie’s Track From The SpongeBob SquarePants Musical
19/08/2017: Taylor Swifts Deletes Socials, and Fans Think a New Album is Coming
20/08/2017: The Used are teasing something big on their website
23/08/2017: Thirty Seconds To Mars Are “Absolutely” Heading To Australia Next Year
26/08/2017: Sleeping With Sirens Have Released The Brilliant New Single ‘Cheers’
27/08/2017: Some Of Taylor Swift’s Fans Aren’t Too Happy With Her New Ticketing System
27/08/2017: Spotify Has Gone And Predicted All The Winners For The MTV Video Music Awards
03/09/2017: The Maine And Waterparks Are Coming To Australia In 2018
03/09/2017: Taylor Swift Just Previewed Her New Song In A TV Ad
05/09/2017: Green Day Are Going To Do A Facebook Live Performance For Charity
08/09/2017: Neck Deep come to Seaway’s rescue after their gear was stolen
15/09/2017: Never Shout Never Just Announced An Aussie Throwback Tour
20/09/2017: Sleeping With Sirens Release ‘Legends’ Clip, With Fan Submitted Footage
01/10/2017: Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ Musical Is Returning To Australia
03/10/2017: Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus Working With Perth Band In LA Studio
03/10/2017: Gerard Way On The MCR Breakup And Life After MCR
14/10/2017: Green Day Are Releasing A New Greatest Hits Album Next Month
21/10/2017: Check Out Hayley Williams & PVRIS Covering Tegan And Sara Classics
21/10/2017: Check Out All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth On Brand New Christmas Tune
23/10/2017: Harry Styles Got Groped During A Show And Fans Are Not Happy
26/10/2017: 15 emo classics that helped to shape the genre
28/10/2017: Teddy Geiger Announces “I Am Transitioning” In Instagram Post To Fans
28/10/2017: Check Out Sleeping With Sirens’ New Acoustic EP Right Now
31/10/2017: Sia Just Dropped A New Christmas Song, ‘Santa’s Coming For Us’
31/10/2017: Ash Costello Says Her New Music Is Like ‘Three Cheers’-Era My Chemical Romance
02/12/2017: Ed Sheeran explains new Beyonce collab ahead of Aus tour
12/12/2017: Harry Styles just appeared on Christmas Carpool Karaoke
17/12/2017: Mike Fuentes departs Pierce the Veil allegations of sexual misconduct
21/12/2017: PREMIERE: No Frills Twins shine with the dark pop of ‘Lonely With You’
10/01/2018: LANY are returning to Australia yet again for a March tour
11/01/2018: Simple Plan are returning to Australia for a massive anniversary tour
20/01/2018: AViVA has just dropped her newest single, ‘DROWN’
25/01/2018: The Plot In You have given us a taste of their brand new record, ‘Dispose’
30/01/2018: Check out some of Paramore’s best ‘Misery Business’ fan moments
05/02/2018: Simple Plan’s Sébastien Lefebvre talks anniversaries, legacies, and returning to Australia
11/02/2018: Brisbane Paramore fans respond to postponed show with group singalong
18/02/2018: Brendon Urie says the new Panic! At The Disco album has been recorded
06/03/2018: The Neighbourhood just dropped their slick new single, ‘Nervous’
14/03/2018: BTS are bringing their new documentary series to YouTube Red
20/03/2018: Panic! At The Disco fans are losing it over the band’s new bassist
21/03/2018: Check out the new video for AViVA’s stunning single ‘DROWN’
25/03/2018: Real Friends have cancelled all their upcoming international shows
25/03/2018: FOB, Harry Styles and more show their support for March For Our Lives
09/05/2018: Check out a music video history of pop icon Troye Sivan
09/05/2018: We’ve collected the best reactions to Troye Sivan’s newest single, ‘Bloom’
11/05/2018: Neck Deep, Stand Atlantic, and more lead a huge Aussie pop-punk tour
20/05/2018: Taylor Swift helped Troye Sivan announce the release date of his new album
03/06/2018: Troye Sivan has addressed the controversy regarding tourmate Kim Petras
17/06/2018: Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus features on Amy Shark’s debut album
22/07/2018: Watch Cyndi Lauper join Panic! At The Disco to perform ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’
31/07/2018: Check out what happened when we hung out with PLTS
26/08/2018: We Came As Romans vocalist, Kyle Pavone, has passed away at age 28
28/08/2018: Ariana Grande just restarted a song for a fan who forgot to film it
09/09/2018: Paramore are retiring ‘Misery Business’ from their live shows
12/09/2018: We Came As Romans to continue performing in wake of vocalist’s death
18/10/2018: Check out Panic! At The Disco’s amazing cover of ‘Hey Ya!’
29/10/2018: We Came As Romans honoured Kyle Pavone with a US tribute concert
08/11/2018: We Came As Romans won’t replace Kyle Pavone, plan to continue as a quintet
18/11/2018: Check out Halsey performing ‘I Write Sins’ with Panic! At The Disco
04/12/2018: Brendon Urie says he wants Panic! At The Disco to do a metal album
16/12/2018: Ariana Grande apologises to Kanye West following Twitter joke
20/12/2018: Tonight Alive announce international touring hiatus to prioritise ‘mental and physical health’
28/12/2018: Sia has announced plans for a new album and musical in 2019
29/12/2018: Ariana Grande has cancelled this weekend’s Las Vegas show due to illness
31/12/2018: Ariana Grande turned down a Damehood out of respect for Manchester victims
02/01/2019: Forget the Queen’s New Year Address, here’s Pete Wentz’s uplifting message to fans
02/01/2019: Justin Bieber’s tattoo artist has debuted the singer’s new face tattoo
03/01/2019: Gerard Way has teased ‘kind of heavy’ music for 2019
10/01/2019: Brendon Urie says he wants to write a musical about his life
20/01/2019: Ariana Grande has been accused of ripping off her latest single, ‘7 Rings’
04/02/2019: It looks like The 1975 could be releasing new music this month
05/02/2019: Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz once created an animated cartoon series
10/02/2019: Gerard Way doesn’t think a My Chemical Romance reunion will happen
19/02/2019: Gerard Way explains how My Chemical Romance’s Liza Minnelli collab came about
26/02/2019: Turns out that Gerard Way pitched another TV show back in 2001
04/03/2019: Mark Hoppus says that he’s trying to reunite My Chemical Romance
20/03/2019: Check out Real Friends delivering a brutal cover of Slipknot’s ‘Duality’
22/03/2019: Six years on from My Chemical Romance’s breakup, what are their members up to now?
27/03/2019: Waterparks have reportedly deleted all the files from their new album
28/03/2019: Yungblud says he’s ‘nearly ready’ to release songs from his second album
14/04/2019: Matty Healy has discussed the emo influences on The 1975’s new album
17/04/2019: We Came As Romans are writing their first songs since Kyle Pavone’s passing
26/05/2019: Miley Cyrus debuts three new songs, which are being released this week
27/05/2019: Taylor Swift hits back at sexist interview questions about her age
28/05/2019: Miley Cyrus shares cover and release date for new EP, ‘She Is Coming’
30/05/2019: Ariana Grande cancels shows due to newly-discovered tomato allergy
09/06/2019: Check out a stunning Panic! At The Disco parody directed at anti-vaxxers
27/06/2019: Premiere: Terra make a massive return with stunning single ‘Confidence’
29/06/2019: Fearless Records announce the long-awaited ‘Punk Goes Acoustic, Vol. 3’
04/07/2019: Carly Rae Jepsen says she made a disco album that you’ll never hear
08/07/2019: All Time Low are re-recording ‘Nothing Personal’ for its 10th anniversary
12/08/2019: BTS to take some time off with an ‘extended period of rest and relaxation’
25/08/2019: Check out Twenty One Pilots covering Oasis at the Reading Festival
02/12/2019: 10 artists making a difference in climate action with Brisbane’s Columbus
08/12/2019: BTS reveal they’re planning to record a new album in 2020
09/12/2019: 6 reasons to catch Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes next month
10/12/2019: Melbourne’s Bad Juju discuss the five times they’ve had bad juju
16/12/2019: Ocean Sleeper discuss the meaning and importance of fan’s tattoos
17/12/2019: England’s HMLTD talk about their favourite Aussie artists
05/01/2020: People want to bring emo culture back to celebrate the ‘RAWRing ’20s’
17/02/2020: 5 Seconds Of Summer have announced their No Shame 2020 Tour
29/06/2020: 5 Seconds Of Summer have postponed their No Shame tour to 2021
23/10/2020: Ashton Irwin talks new tunes and new 5SOS album alongside solo debut